Posts Tagged ‘illegal immigration’
Undocumented Not the Burden Anti-Immigrant Advocates Make Them Out to Be
8:30 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Health|Immigration · Comments Off
27 Nov 2007
Anti-immigrant advocates are going to need a new line because, according to a new study, saying that undocumented immigrants are a strain on the health care system just isn’t true. Yesterday researchers from the University of California’s School of Public Health released findings that demonstrated that most undocumented immigrants don’t have a primary care provider but that they also, contrary to popular belief, don’t visit emergency rooms any more often than U.S born Latinos.
Prince William County Losing Latinos : Documented and Not
10:18 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Immigration|Virginia · Comments Off
23 Oct 2007When Prince William County, Virginia passed an anti-immigrant measure earlier this month, a wave of Latinos began moving out of the county. And it’s not just undocumented Latinos. A climate of fear has permeated the county causing one-way U-haul rentals to go up and business at a money transfer store to go down. Schools teaching English have lost 80 percent of their students. Locals say that those who haven’t moved out , don’t dare step outside.
What a way to live.
Virtual Border Fence Ready to Go Live
8:15 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · arizona|Immigration · 2 Comments
19 Oct 2007
The first section of a high-tech “virtual fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border is just about ready to be switched on. What is a virtual fence? It’s a 28 mile stretch of the border armed with heat sensors, radar, cameras and 9 towers to detect immigrants crossing into the U.S. just southwest of Tuscon.
So far the pilot project has cost $20 million. Hmmm I wonder how much children’s health insurance we could buy with that money? Anyway, the fence project has had software problems which have kept the radars turned off. But Boeing (yes the airplane people) are ready for live testing later this month.
Via / AP
Bogota Anti-Immigrant Mayor Hires Undocumented Workers
10:45 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Immigration|Labor|New Jersey · 1 Comment
15 Oct 2007
How do you spell hypocrisy? Bogota (New Jersey, not Colombia) Mayor Steve Lonegan. He’s come down hard on undocumented workers in his city but he had no problem using undocumented labor to build yard signs. Of course, he’s trying to spin the issue, saying the incident is minor and that it just goes to show how hard it is to verify the status of workers.
The workers, who were interviewed on Univision yesterday, said that Lonegan knew they were undocumented workers.
It’s not clear if Lonegan paid the workers a legal wage.
Via / North Jersey.com and Univision
Border Fence is Good for the Environment
7:56 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|Politics · 3 Comments
2 Oct 2007Did you just spit up your coffee reading that headline? That was the reaction this morning at my local Colombian/Mexican bakery when Univision’s morning show, Despierta America reported that Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said that the proposed fence on the Mexico U.S. border was good for the environment. The news story was met with loud sighs and head shakes by Latinos on my morning cafecito line. I haven’t been able to find the story anywhere else but what I was able to find is that Chertoff is doing some serious damage control because communities on the U.S. side of the border are concerned about the environmental impact the fence will have.
U.S. Border Patrol “Loses” Patrol Car
12:47 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration · 2 Comments
27 Sep 2007
Concerned about border security? My take on this story is that maybe the U.S. should worry less about fences and more about officer training.
On Sunday a trio of Mexican teens detained for drug smuggling broke free, stole a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle, and drove it to Mexico. Mexican authorities were able to relocate the vehicle without its temporary occupants who apparently have not been caught.
And how was the vehicle stolen in the first place?
“As the agent was doing his search, he left the vehicle running and the keys in the ignition, so one of the lads, still wearing handcuffs, grabbed the steering wheel and they headed back to Mexico,” a police spokesman said.
Funny and oh so sad at the same time. The car was recovered, the detainees were not.
Elvira Arellano’s Son Moves To Mexico With Mami
9:34 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|mexico · 10 Comments
17 Sep 2007
On Thursday, Elvira Arellano‘s 8 year old son Saul, was reunited with his activist mother in Mexico, for good. Saul is set to start third grade in Elvira’s home state of Michoacan. Elvira was arrested and deported from the U.S. in August, leaving her U.S. citizen son behind.
Via / CNN
Prince William Latinos Fight Back With Their Wallets
12:26 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Immigration|Money|Shopping|Virginia · 2 Comments
28 Aug 2007
Economic boycotts are an extremely difficult political tactic. They require widespread mass support in order to be effective. But the difficulty of using such a weapon isn’t stopping Latinos in Prince William County, Virginia from using it as a tool against anti-immigrant policies. The boycott, which began yesterday, is a week long campaign targeting all non-immigrant-owned businesses, including such chains as Wal-Mart and McDonald’s. At such an important time for businesses, back to school time, the impact of a boycott could be great. Although, those that back the measure aren’t so sure.
“They don’t have a prayer of reversing this resolution, which has the support of 80 percent of county residents,” said Greg Letiecq, an activist who heads Help Save Manassas. “This is an attempt to bully immigrant businesses.”
The Undocumented Immigrant Crime Wave Myth
1:24 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Immigration|Justice|race · 2 Comments
23 Aug 2007The horrific murder of three black college students by Latinos at the beginning of this month is being used to spark the fire of hate and divide and conquer politics with the target being Latinos, specifically undocumented Latinos. Newark is (was) a sanctuary city for immigrants, meaning that immigrants, regardless of their status should have felt safe going on with their daily business (don’t forget however that Los Angeles is allegedly a sanctuary city and yet Elvira Arellano was arrested while conducting a most “American” practice, a press conference). Some are predicting that the issue of sanctuary cities could become a hot button issue in the 2008 presidential campaigns.
Strange Fruit
7:57 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · business|Immigration|Politics · 4 Comments
23 Aug 2007
Many who have left comments here at VL have cheered the recent immigrant redadas and the deportations that have followed but what would be really interesting would be to see how the loss of a large number of immigrants impacts individual communities and their economies and then hear people complain. Racewire takes a few stories from papers across the country that have covered the negative impact of the loss of immigrant labor. Immigrants, because of fears of being deported or actually being deported, aren’t around to pick fruits, veggies, and crabs, horses aren’t being walked, lawns aren’t being cut, and pizzas are taking a hell of alot longer to be delivered.
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